TI-2010-03649 Aliases CVE-2010-3842 GHSA-fwfv-5xmw-xx69

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in curl 7.20.0 through 7.21.1, when the…

LOW 29CWE-22Published 2010-10-27 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in curl 7.20.0 through 7.21.1, when the --remote-header-name or -J option is used, allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files by using \ (backslash) as a separator of path components within the Content-disposition HTTP header.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01715 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.0:::::::*	7.20.0	Vulnerable	curl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.1:::::::*	7.20.1	Vulnerable	curl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.1:::::::*	7.21.1	Vulnerable	curl

cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.20.0 Vulnerable ·curl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.20.1 Vulnerable ·curl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.1 Vulnerable ·curl

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-3842
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fwfv-5xmw-xx69

References

Patch 1

[oss-security] 20101013 Re: CVE Request -- cURL / mingw32-cURL -- Did not strip directory parts separated by backslashes, when downloading files

Advisory 1

http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20101013.html

Other 3

TI-2012-00035 curl and libcurl 7.2x before 7.24.0 do not properly consider special characters during… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2009-00037 The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
TI-2005-03012 Stack-based buffer overflow in the ntlm_output function in http-ntlm.c for (1) wget 1.10… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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